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  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    4 years ago
    Quoting brucefxdl on 02 Sep 2020 05:21 AM

    ah....theres more to life than QLD........hahhaha

    Quoting paulybronco on 03 Sep 2020 07:52 AM

    Sorry was out on the bike in the morning and decided that 27 degrees warrants the ski to hit the river for a few hrs in the arvo. Just sitting down to have a beer. Hows your day been....

    Quoting brucefxdl on 03 Sep 2020 08:50 AM

    been a good day really,bright sun this morning,went for a fish [ we can do that ],to f...n windy so headed home......overcast and rain by midday.....thought i might do a bit of yard work [ on holidays,but cant do much really ] ,pissed rain ,so that was that idea gone.did our tax returns,will get little back but cant go any where to enjoy it.all around not a bad really.this week off was to be visiting our 2 sons in lovely warm, sunny mackay....but thats stufffed as well.what are you drinking,xxxx?.having a carlton here,cant go any where to get a xxxx bitter.cheers PB.

    Damm, was trying to get a bite but luckily you took it in the way it was intended. No xxxx tonight had a few topical by name only icy cold Coronas.
    Dont forget my island is still on the boil so who knows you may even get a shit load closer to your boys if you sign up.
  • brucefxdl
    brucefxdl
    4 years ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 03 Sep 2020 07:52 AM

    Sorry was out on the bike in the morning and decided that 27 degrees warrants the ski to hit the river for a few hrs in the arvo. Just sitting down to have a beer. Hows your day been....

    Quoting brucefxdl on 03 Sep 2020 08:50 AM

    been a good day really,bright sun this morning,went for a fish [ we can do that ],to f...n windy so headed home......overcast and rain by midday.....thought i might do a bit of yard work [ on holidays,but cant do much really ] ,pissed rain ,so that was that idea gone.did our tax returns,will get little back but cant go any where to enjoy it.all around not a bad really.this week off was to be visiting our 2 sons in lovely warm, sunny mackay....but thats stufffed as well.what are you drinking,xxxx?.having a carlton here,cant go any where to get a xxxx bitter.cheers PB.

    Quoting paulybronco on 03 Sep 2020 09:06 AM

    Damm, was trying to get a bite but luckily you took it in the way it was intended. No xxxx tonight had a few topical by name only icy cold Coronas.
    Dont forget my island is still on the boil so who knows you may even get a shit load closer to your boys if you sign up.

    haha,no bites here PB,usually can see a shit stir coming.serious note,i love the state here [ when we arent living in a shit time]most of the things i/we like are,good job,4wd in the high country,deer hunting in same area,good camping here and there...but the weather is shit at times and the fishing around here is poor,unlike FNQ.havent forgoten about the island... we live in hope.cheers.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    4 years ago
    So these last 6 weeks i have had several days of the panels generating in excess of 70kw of power. Today was 71.8kw and the highest i have recorded on the app has been 77.8kw. I think there will be a 80kw day this summer from the system.
  • Krash Kinkade
    Krash Kinkade
    4 years ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 03 Nov 2020 07:03 AM

    So these last 6 weeks i have had several days of the panels generating in excess of 70kw of power. Today was 71.8kw and the highest i have recorded on the app has been 77.8kw. I think there will be a 80kw day this summer from the system.

    Maybe if you had daylight saving?
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    4 years ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 03 Nov 2020 07:03 AM

    So these last 6 weeks i have had several days of the panels generating in excess of 70kw of power. Today was 71.8kw and the highest i have recorded on the app has been 77.8kw. I think there will be a 80kw day this summer from the system.

    Quoting Krash Kinkade on 05 Nov 2020 05:09 AM

    Maybe if you had daylight saving?

    LOL
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    4 years ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 03 Nov 2020 07:03 AM

    So these last 6 weeks i have had several days of the panels generating in excess of 70kw of power. Today was 71.8kw and the highest i have recorded on the app has been 77.8kw. I think there will be a 80kw day this summer from the system.

    Quoting Krash Kinkade on 05 Nov 2020 05:09 AM

    Maybe if you had daylight saving?

    74.8KW today
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    3 years ago
    So gents some chatter a while back about panels and out put......

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  • DocGreen
    DocGreen
    3 years ago
    That's some impressive output there PB, need to look at replacing ours I reckon. It's 10yrs old now and can't read the inverter display anymore.
    Ours is only a baby at 2.2kw, compared to yours though.
    DocGreen
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    3 years ago
    Quoting DocGreen on 30 Oct 2021 10:04 PM

    That's some impressive output there PB, need to look at replacing ours I reckon. It's 10yrs old now and can't read the inverter display anymore.

    Ours is only a baby at 2.2kw, compared to yours though.
    DocGreen

    Yes doc mine is a bigger unit. Both inverters are inside the garage so dont get direct sunlight on the display panels causing them to fade. The screenshot is from the app on my phone that interfaces between the two so dont actually need the displays anyway.
  • Humbug
    Humbug
    2 years ago
    Hello All, in regards to the solar panels themselves,if you can source some spare panels while they are still available go get them!!
    Long story short, looked like I needed to replace three panels (6 years old) soon found out that the panels are no longer available and the new ones will not fit in the same space, so to me the shit fight to add a new panel was just not worth it. I was lucky and stumbled across four working panels which has made life a lot easier.
    Anyway just thought I would give you all a heads up,it may help someone down the track.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    2 years ago
    So quick update as to how much electricity has gone up....we have gone from having average $45 a month in credit in 2020 to $24 month in 2021 to $5.69 month in 2022.....same two people in the home same 13kw panels pumping out the same average out put...same feed in tarriff , reduced pool times on the pump, no air cond.
  • beaglebasher
    beaglebasher
    2 years ago
    Fuckin hell . You seem to be doing a lot of whinging recently.
    Whats wrong with the air conditioner ? Perhaps you should start a new thread about broke down air conditioners
  • Humbug
    Humbug
    2 years ago
    Well looks like my solar panels are ok,it's the micro inverters that have gone. I now need to replace seven of them and to top it off the NT gov is cutting the feed in tariff to 8c,wankers!!!
    On the bright side I have four spare panels lol
  • STROPP
    STROPP
    2 years ago
    Quoting Humbug on 12 May 2022 09:20 PMedited: 17 Jul 2022 05:58 AM

    Well looks like my solar panels are ok,it's the micro inverters that have gone. I now need to replace seven of them and to top it off the NT gov is cutting the feed in tariff to 8c,wankers!!!

    On the bright side I have four spare panels lol

    Better than WA, down to 4cents
  • Humbug
    Humbug
    2 years ago
    True that. all most pointless spending the money to put the stuff on the roof.
  • tussuck
    tussuck
    2 years ago
    You have me inspired now....  Bought a used setup the other day to see what its all about and to learn stuff.  All setup on the workbench charging the batteries away despite the horrid overcast weather in Melbourne atm.  Running as a 24 volt setup - I got 4 batteries with it so will hook up the other 2 this afternoon as well (just did 2 to begin with to see how it all worked out)

    Its pretty damn cool to see the solar charging the batteries!  I will run my shed office from the setup once its all up and charged - maybe even the electric jug/microwave if I am lucky.
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  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 year ago
    Well little surprise, the solar panels on the roof now are a total waste of money. The only people benefitting are the power companies that have now reduced the feed in tariff down from .12c to .5c....and then selling it back out .25c. I would strongly suggest to anyone considering getting solar to have a good long hard look at the numbers. They did stack up when we got the system but certainly don't now and we've been warned its going up by around 20% this yr. 
  • tussuck
    tussuck
    1 year ago
    We are lucky and still get about 60cents, but that runs out this year.  Next step will be about 15kw-20kw of LiFePo4 solar battery so we can pretty much go off grid.  We are not that far away from retirement and fucked if we will be able to afford the next generation of price hicks once we are on the pension etc. 
  • B0nes
    B0nes
    1 year ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 04 Jan 2023 01:25 AM

    Well little surprise, the solar panels on the roof now are a total waste of money. The only people benefitting are the power companies that have now reduced the feed in tariff down from .12c to .5c....and then selling it back out .25c. I would strongly suggest to anyone considering getting solar to have a good long hard look at the numbers. They did stack up when we got the system but certainly don't now and we've been warned its going up by around 20% this yr. 

    We have been thinking about it for a while now, after reading up on all the pro's and con's have come to the conclusion that it's not viable for us, so will be looking at other options to save on our power use. The only reason we never got it done earlier was we have a weird roof design which meant we would have to get the roof modified.
  • AlexSteele
    AlexSteele
    1 year ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 04 Jan 2023 01:25 AM

    Well little surprise, the solar panels on the roof now are a total waste of money. The only people benefitting are the power companies that have now reduced the feed in tariff down from .12c to .5c....and then selling it back out .25c. I would strongly suggest to anyone considering getting solar to have a good long hard look at the numbers. They did stack up when we got the system but certainly don't now and we've been warned its going up by around 20% this yr. 

    Not in my experience. 2 years ago I invested in a 13.2kw system for about an $13k out lay.

    Our per annum power bills have gone from 4k per year to about 1k per year.

    So in theory, it will take 4-5 years to pay off max and there on in I am saving 3 grand per year therein with the system.

    However by the end of 2024 we are going with a Solaredge battery and will be off the grid, no power bills at all. 

    In hindsight I would have liked to have gone with a slightly bigger system, 15kw or 18kw, but 13.2kw seems to be close to the mark.
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